Project Overview
This years Spaceport America Contest has the team geared towards a new goal, 30,000 feet. Our competition rocket is upgrading to be taller, faster, and better in order to achieve our apogee aspirations and leave the contest victorious.
Meet the Team!
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Anthony Roberto - 5th year Mechanical Engineer
Peter Sterio - 5th year Chemical Engineer Bailey Reed - 5th year Mechanical Engineer Ben Richard - 4th year Mechanical Engineer Kevin Rinehart - 3rd year Mechanical Engineer Patrick Ekeren - 4th year Mechanical Engineer |
Jon Schuitema - 5th year Mechanical Engineer
Jordan D'Alba - 3rd Year Mechanical Engineer Joseph Evan - 2nd Year Electrical/Microelectronic Engineer Justin Napieralski - 5th year Mechanical Engineer Jim Heaney - 2nd year Industrial and Systems Engineer |
Updates
April Status
The team has been hard at work with manufacturing the Waterbearer all semester to ensure a complete rocket for Imagine RIT. We've successfully completed a custom carbonfiber layup of the transition component which deviates from 6 inches to 5 inches and will house the cameras for a 360 degree viewpoint during flight. Our aluminum boattail was quite a menace to machine but the final product is a work of art thanks to Bailey and the machinists in the Brinkman Lab. Carbonfiber fillets have been 3D printed on the Markforged which snugly fit in the boattail slots and allow for easy fin installment/replacement. We have an upcoming nosecone ejection test to evaluate our single bay parachute deployment as well as a full launch test before Spaceport America Cup in June. The team is excited for the close of the semester and we're working aggressively to show off our final product at Imagine RIT next weekend!
The team has been hard at work with manufacturing the Waterbearer all semester to ensure a complete rocket for Imagine RIT. We've successfully completed a custom carbonfiber layup of the transition component which deviates from 6 inches to 5 inches and will house the cameras for a 360 degree viewpoint during flight. Our aluminum boattail was quite a menace to machine but the final product is a work of art thanks to Bailey and the machinists in the Brinkman Lab. Carbonfiber fillets have been 3D printed on the Markforged which snugly fit in the boattail slots and allow for easy fin installment/replacement. We have an upcoming nosecone ejection test to evaluate our single bay parachute deployment as well as a full launch test before Spaceport America Cup in June. The team is excited for the close of the semester and we're working aggressively to show off our final product at Imagine RIT next weekend!
February Status
With the start of the spring semester, the team is hard at work compiling and ordering the components from the Bill of Materials for manufacturing of The Water Bearer. We are crossing T's and dotting I's in order to ensure successful completion of the rocket for a test launch on April 29th at the Rochester Institute of Technology's Imagine RIT festival. For the first time ever, we will be live streaming the launch from Potter, NY back to the RIT campus to showcase the club's work over the course of 8 months. While we wait for the major components to arrive, the team is fine tuning simulations and triple checking dimensions to accurately attack 30,000 feet at the Spaceport America Cup. Everyone is looking forward to getting their hands dirty and hopeful for smooth assembly of the rocket. Check back next month to see how our efforts are coming along!
With the start of the spring semester, the team is hard at work compiling and ordering the components from the Bill of Materials for manufacturing of The Water Bearer. We are crossing T's and dotting I's in order to ensure successful completion of the rocket for a test launch on April 29th at the Rochester Institute of Technology's Imagine RIT festival. For the first time ever, we will be live streaming the launch from Potter, NY back to the RIT campus to showcase the club's work over the course of 8 months. While we wait for the major components to arrive, the team is fine tuning simulations and triple checking dimensions to accurately attack 30,000 feet at the Spaceport America Cup. Everyone is looking forward to getting their hands dirty and hopeful for smooth assembly of the rocket. Check back next month to see how our efforts are coming along!
November Status
The team recently had our Preliminary Design Review earlier in the month to present our rocket to the rest of the club. A majority of the design issues lie in the single bay drouge/parachute deployment and with the boattail/fin can assembly. The team has roughly a month to finish computer aided designs, analysis/simulations, and comprehensive component compatibility between the different sub-teams to make sure the rocket assembly matches up. Looking forward to the closing weeks of the semester, the team has the IREC application deadline approaching, submission of the New York Space Grant application, and finalization of concept so components can be ordered for assembly in the spring.
The team recently had our Preliminary Design Review earlier in the month to present our rocket to the rest of the club. A majority of the design issues lie in the single bay drouge/parachute deployment and with the boattail/fin can assembly. The team has roughly a month to finish computer aided designs, analysis/simulations, and comprehensive component compatibility between the different sub-teams to make sure the rocket assembly matches up. Looking forward to the closing weeks of the semester, the team has the IREC application deadline approaching, submission of the New York Space Grant application, and finalization of concept so components can be ordered for assembly in the spring.
